Robinson v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Springer, J.:

Appellant Termaine Robinson was charged with statutory sexual assault of a fourteen-year-old female. Robinson, who was seventeen years old when the crime was committed, was certified *1138under NRS 62.080 to be tried as an adult. At his trial, Robinson requested an instruction on a lesser-included offense, statutory sexual seduction, a violation of NRS 200.364(3). The trial court refused to give the instruction.

There is no question but that Robinson would be entitled to the requested instruction except for the fact that he was seventeen at the time that the crime…